Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Margery Hoffman Smith

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.smith64apr
Creators:
Smith, Margery Hoffman, 1888-1981
Ferbraché, Lewis
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1964 April 10
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
45 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Margery Hoffman Smith conducted 1964 April 10, by Lewis Ferbraché, for the Archives of American Art, at the artist's home, in San Francisco, California.
Scope and Contents
Discusses her involvement with the design of Timberline Lodge in Oregon for the Works Progress Administration.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Margery Hoffman Smith (1888-1981) was a painter, craftsman, and interior decorator from San Francisco, California. Smith was art director for the Timberline Lodge project on Mount Hood, Oregon, which was built under the authority of the WPA in the 1940s. She became the assistant state director of the Federal Art Project in Oregon.

Administration

Sponsor
Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

More Information

General

General
Originally recorded 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 2 min.


Keywords

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Arts administrators -- Oregon Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Timberline Lodge (Mount Hood, Or.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
United States. Works Progress Administration Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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